Wagon-spring



(No Model.)

L. FRAGHER.

WAGON SPRING.

No; 356,358. Patented Jan. 18,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS FRAOHER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WAGON-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,358, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed Oct-.lber 28, 1886. Serial No. 217.412.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS FRAOHER, of De troit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Springs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wagon-springs; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective .view of my improved spring. Fig. 2 is a view showing its application to a bolster of a wagon.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a spring, which is formed from a bar of steel, and which is bent upon itself to form a loop, the end of which terminates in a riser, a. At about the longitudinal center of the arms of the spring the springbar is coiled upon itself, as at d, the arms 0 being turned outwardly at nearly right angles, forming the stops or shoulders d.

In practice the loop of the spring embraces the bolster B, the risera lying across the same and against the bolster-stake 0, while the body of the box rests upon the arms 0 and against the stops (2, it being necessary, of course, to use two springs upon each bolster. In thense of a spring of thisconstruction a much easier elasticity is obtained than in any of the springs now in use, as under a superimposed load the arms 0 are depressed, while at the same time in the vertical play the riser a slightly rocks upon the bolster, and in case it is desired to use the Vehicle without a spring they can readily be removed, as there are no bolts or other contrivances necessary to keepthespring in place except the wood ofthe box.

What I claim as my invention is The combination, with the bolster B and the stakes G and wagon-body, of the springs A, each having a loop embracing said bolster, with the riser a lying across the same and against the stake O, and arms a and stops d, serving to support and prevent lateral displacement of said body, substantially as described.

LOUIS FRAOHER. Witnesses:

E. SoULLY, H. S. SPRAGUE. 

